Degree Year
2013
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Economics
Advisor(s)
Barbara Craig
Abstract
This paper presents the findings of an experimental investigation into crowd out phenomenon in an as yet unexplored sector of public goods provision: the local church. I develop an entirely new instrument for experimental investigation into crowd out, using a combination of both survey and experimental methodology. While the survey finds limited evidence for an aggregate crowd out effect due to taxation, the experimental treatments uncover no evidence of crowd out in local churches due to fiscal illusion.
Repository Citation
Moench, Matthew, "An Investigation into Crowd Out Phenomenon in Local Churches: Combining Experimental and Survey Methodology" (2013). Honors Papers. 333.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/333
